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On-going Projects
Diversification of Market Led Production System for Enhancing Food and Economic Security of the Poor People in Banke District
| Project Name |
Diversification of Market Led Production System for Enhancing Food and Economic Security of the Poor People in Banke District |
| Funding Agency |
Plan Nepal |
| Project Location |
Banke District (28 VDCs and Nepalgunj Municipality) |
| Project Duration |
July 2007 to June 2010 |
| Target Group |
Resource poor rural communities; especially small farmers below 6 month food sufficiency, landless, women, occupational caste, and Janajati groups in general and children in particular (9,590 households) |
| Project Partners |
Plan Nepal |
| Total Budget (NRs) |
Rs. 1,55,51,775.0 |
| Project Objective |
- Enhance livelihoods diversification thereby increased household income and family nutrition.
- Strengthen market-led production system by improving capabilities of the concerned institutions.
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| Expected Outputs |
- Diversified livelihoods options for food security and household income.
- Enhanced agro-biodiversity and indigenous resources use systems.
- Appropriate niche-based agro-enterprises promoted based on the comparative advantages.
- Farmer's technical skills and access to relevant information improved.
- Improved infrastructures and facilities for market-oriented production.
- Market network for input supply and output disposal strengthened.
- Linkages between producer groups and service providers established.
- Institutional bases strengthened for safeguarding the welfare and interest of farmers.
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| Major Activities |
Home gardening, semi-commercial vegetable farming, garlic cultivation in zero tillage, leasehold vegetable farming, riverbank vegetable farming, small livestock support, NTFPs promotion, fish farming, mushroom cultivation, development and mobilization of local resource persons (LRPs), Agro-fair, collection center and market network development, Advocacy and Lobbying on farmer's rights |
| Major Achievements |
- Land remaining fallow after rice intensified with the vegetables
- Most of the households in the project intervened areas consume 2 to 3 times more vegetable than few years back
- Development of resource persons and resource centers. 35 local resource persons; livestock (16) and vegetable cultivation (19) have been trained and mobilized in various project interventions. All together 16 resource centers such as 2 agro-vets, 9 multipurpose nurseries, 1 collection center, and 4 Haat bazaar have been established.
- Many producer groups have been formed and now functioning well on their livelihoods improvement aspects.
- Number of formed groups: 346 and number of supported HHs: 9590
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| Lessons Learnt
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- Coordination, linkage with stakeholders (including GOs) in project implementation gives synergetic efforts for programs implementation and group's encouragement and recognition.
- The riverbank is one of the best alternative sources for income generation to the flood victims, IDPs, and small farmers
- Agro-fair is a good way to disseminate the improved technologies and improved varieties.
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| Recommendations
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- Electric motor or diesel pump should be supported to the resource poor farmers for the commercialization of vegetable farming.
- Existing CBOs and cooperatives should be strengthened to implement livelihoods projects.
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